A cancelled flight that landed embattled EPA administrator Scott Pruitt in Paris for a day and a overnight is drawing pointed questions from lawmakers demanding detailed explanations for his high-priced travel.

The Paris layover happened on a trip Pruitt took to Morocco in December, when his own ticket alone cost $16,164.

Pruitt, who has come under fire for demanding first class tickets, brought along a staff entourage and members of his security detail for the trip.

In addition to pressing for details about Pruitt's efforts to promote liquid natural gas exports while in Morocco, Oversight Committee top Democrat Rep. Elijah Cummings is pushing the committee to hand over information about the unexpected stay in Paris.

SNOW JOB: Pruitt spend a day and a night in Paris after his inbound flight got delayed due to winter weather

Pruitt arrived from an overnight flight in the City of Lights, but missed his 10:25 am connecting flight.

'Based on the documents, it appears that Pruitt stayed in Paris for the full day and night on December 10, 2017,' Cummings wrote in a 10-page letter to the agency.

'The documents do not indicate whether events were planned for that day in Morocco that had to be cancelled. As a result, although the trip was scheduled for December 9 through 13, 2017, it included only one full day in Morocco – December 12, 2017 – and Mr. Pruitt returned to the United States the following day,' Cummings wrote.

Winter weather caused delays in about 1,500 U.S. flights December 9, when Pruitt had his outbound flight.

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The letter stated that EPA 'did not produce any documents in response’ how many other EPA employees' came on the trip.

It also 'did not produce any documents indicating whether other EPA officials flew first class, whether they also missed their connecting flight and had to spend the night in Paris, or how much the entire trip cost the U.S. taxpayers.'

EPA spokesman Jahan Wilcox said the delay was inconsequential

'This is not news. Due to snow in Washington, Administrator Pruitt’s outbound flight was delayed, he missed his connection in Paris, spent the night there and flew out the next morning,' he told DailyMail.com.

A quartet of EPA staff traveling with Pruitt also got delayed.

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Rep. Elijah Cummings wants to know more about Pruitt's flight delay

'Travel delays required that you spend some amount of time in Paris,' wrote Whitehouse

According to a Washington Post report last year, Pruitt brought along four political aides. Among them were Samantha Dravis, who ran the Office of Policy, and who it was revealed this week has resigned. Also traveling with him were advisers Sarah Greenwalt and Lincoln Ferguson.

Dravis, who reportedly contacted White House lawyer Don McGahn with information about accused wife-beater Rob Porter, whom she dated, has worked with Pruitt in two previous jobs.

Also leaning on the EPA over the Morocco trip is Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse.

The stated purpose of the trip in documents EPA provided was ''To meet with partners and key stakeholders for EPA cooperation activities to advance EPA programs and priorities in Morocco in support of this administrations [sic] mission.'

But according to numerous reports Pruitt also promoted U.S. natural gas exports.

Calendars show ‘you received only one official briefing’ before the trip,' Whitehouse wrote.

'Reconstructing the trip from your calendars shows that you spent only one full day, December 12, working in Morocco. You departed the United States the evening of December 9. It has been reported that travel delays required that you spend some amount of time in Paris on December 10, a day on which your calendars suggest no official business was planned,’ Whitehouse added, calling attention to the Paris layover.